Fred Taylor: The first time I was near death "since I was playing for Coughlin"

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (May 15) - Jaguars running back Fred Taylor boarded the single-propeller, 15-seat plane in Africa, chatting about the safari he had just been on with Samari Rolle, Lito Sheppard and their wives.

The plane door flew open at around 6,000 feet, causing panic and prayer before the pilot landed at a nearby runway.
"I thought that was it," Taylor said Monday following the final day of Jacksonville 's three-day minicamp. "I put my head down and started praying. The runway was about two miles away, but it seemed like it took 10 or 15 minutes to get there."

Taylor joked that it was the first time he felt like he was near death "since I was playing for (coach Tom) Coughlin."